1991 年 57 巻 538 号 p. 1866-1869
The "drive by wire concept" is the most promising means for a control system of the automobile engine power train in the near future. In this concept system, the accelerator pedal is not connected by a mechanical "cable" or "linkage" but connected with the throttle valve by an electrical "wire". With an adaptation of the concept system, several useful controls such as traction control, fuel optimal control and cruising control are expected to become possible. Reported here is the improvement of automobile acceleration performance using the control theory called exact model matching method or model following method under a background of the concept. Experiments were carried out using a sham "automobile" system constructed with a 4-cycle gasoline engine, automatic transmission and DC dynamometer which were connected with an on-line computer system for measurement and control. The expected results were obtained both theoretically and experimentally.